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When Reasonable Adjustments Reveal Unreasonable Management Gaps
In many organisations, a request for a reasonable adjustment sets off a familiar pattern: forms circulate, meetings multiply, and...

Hanna Magdziarek
Oct 63 min read


The soft launch of soft skills
Throughout education, children are taught the importance of learning academic and technical skills which constitute cognitive skills...
Sadera Akhtar
May 16, 20223 min read


Is positive psychology positive?
According to Seligman (2008), psychology has three main missions: curing mental illness, contributing towards ensuring all individuals...

Hanna Magdziarek
May 5, 20223 min read


Why is workplace coaching important?
Coaching is a popular strategy to develop employees, and it’s been effectively climbing its way into the workplace over the last few...
Sadera Akhtar
Mar 28, 20224 min read


Divergent and convergent thinking for more effective problem solving
I spoke in one of my recent videos about "junbi" – the concept of preparation and its importance. And I would like to look at the...

Hanna Magdziarek
May 21, 20203 min read


How to lead more effective virtual (and not only) meetings
The challenge of running effective meetings, including remotely, has hit some leaders now, even though it’s a rather old challenge in the...

Hanna Magdziarek
Apr 20, 20205 min read


Need to solve a problem? Use DMAIC.
DMAIC is a great Lean tool for problem solving that comes from manufacturing. Why should I care, you may ask? It's such a universal tool...

Hanna Magdziarek
Mar 16, 20205 min read


L.O.V.E
Unless you truly love yourself, you will struggle in life. Why? Because we are social beings, and our relationships with others depend on...

Hanna Magdziarek
Feb 14, 20202 min read


What kills motivation in employees?
What stops employees from initiating, persisting, and putting in mental effort? Employees’ motivation accounts for 40% of project team’s...

Hanna Magdziarek
Feb 10, 20202 min read


Traps to avoid while trying to coach someone
Most people would agree they can benefit from a coaching approach in their thinking or management style. What is a coaching approach?...

Hanna Magdziarek
Jan 27, 20204 min read


"Don't be a breather miser!"
Trying to manage time, just like people, is not the way to get the most out of it because we can only manage ourselves. Yet, we can...

Hanna Magdziarek
Jan 16, 20204 min read


The "how's" of profitability and an excellent reputation in any business or organisation
Are you a leader wanting to increase the profitability of your business and grow an excellent reputation amongst your customers and or...

Hanna Magdziarek
Jan 3, 20202 min read


6 Simple Steps to Improve the Quality of Your Life Now
The autumn is here and the busiest time of the year is upon us. It won’t be long before we start making new year resolutions (again!)....

Hanna Magdziarek
Dec 16, 20192 min read


Where will you be in a year's time?
Surprisingly or not, this is a very time-sensitive question – a year has only 365 days! Whether you have made any New Year’s resolutions yet

Hanna Magdziarek
Dec 15, 20195 min read
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